professional
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3.7
- noun
- /prəˈfɛʃənl/
- Is there a medical professional in the building?
- health professionals
- healthcare professionals
- mental health professionals
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Watch on YouTubeAnd whether you're a beginner or professional, come on over.
- And whether you're a beginner or professional, come on over.
- So our first year as working professionals, we were renting.
- So taking a class lets you see experienced professionals write quality proofs.
- Not everything that excites me as a professional in the field will excite you.
- Do you think there's enough things in place for professionals to then seek help?
- The verb For me, the work is what the professional said they would do.
- Here you the professional are the instrument of value.
- I mean, it's, they're super well known and they, their professionals are so good, so good.
Examples
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We can regularly read blogs of school library professionals, and we can follow via Twitter.
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Yet, instead of communicating and forming a partnership, these two professionals soon found themselves at odds.
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Less than half of men seek professional help for their depression.
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Well, we're just two professionals having a conversation, right?
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You are here because you need professional help and we are the professionals.
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The University of Jordan also hired new professionals in the field of early childhood education.
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Item 39: Ask for information from health professionals about how to take good care of myself.
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For example, for management and business professionals, women earn 20.1% less than men.
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Knowledge of cataloging principles and practices will help information professionals perform their jobs more effectively.
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Is there a medical professional in the building?
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who is paid to do something they are very good at
267
3.9
A person who knows a lot about one area of work or study
108
4.0
A person who works in a job that needs special training
14
3.5
A person with special training who works in jobs like a lawyer, doctor or engineer
1
4.8
A person who works in a job needing special training, like a doctor or lawyer
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9.9
A person who works in a job that needs special training
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.5
A person with special training who works in jobs like a lawyer, doctor or engineer
A group of people with the same job who support members and set standards for their work
8
2.2
A kind of sport put on as a show with paid performers and planned results
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3.6
An organization of people with the same job who support each other's work
- Offensive
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8.2
A person who often pretends to suffer to get attention or personal gain
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4.8
A relationship between a trained helper and a person who gets their help, like a doctor or lawyer
How Professional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Professional comes from profession and profess, which mean 'a declared job' and 'to say openly'. A professional is a person who has training and does that job, so the word means someone who works with special skill and responsibility.